#B79C2A#B79C2A

#B79C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C2A
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -1.78, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 59.22, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0113 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.13 95)
XYZ	xyz(31.8366, 34.0132, 7.0784)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C2A #2A45B7

analogous

#B7562A #B79C2A #8CB72A

triadic

#B79C2A #2AB79C #9C2AB7

tetradic

#B79C2A #2AB756 #2A45B7 #B72A8C

square

#B79C2A #2AB756 #2A45B7 #B72A8C

split-complementary

#B79C2A #2A8CB7 #562AB7

monochromatic

#534713 #85721F #B79C2A #D5BA49 #E1CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B79C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B79C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C2A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C2A	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b86d',
    500: '#b79c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c2a;
$custom-light: #d1b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.34011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C2A

secondary

#7484C9

accent

#61E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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